Dear Planning Commissioners and Council Members,
We would like to clarify some confusion around LEED Gold standards on Stanford campus that were discussed at the Planning Commission meeting yesterday. We are grateful for the open dialogue with representatives of Stanfordâ€™s Office of Sustainability and Stanford Real Estate, and for their time meeting with us on July 28th. During our discussions with Stanford, we learned that the on-campus building policy was focused on equivalency with LEED Gold standards (as opposed to certification).

In our August 11th comment letter about the Middle Plaza project, we suggested that the project â€œshould demonstrate a commitment to green building by matching the Stanford on-campus building average equivalency to LEED Gold.â€